Due to its length, I’ve split this blog post into three parts. This is part II. For part I click here. For part III click here.   41 UNUSUAL THINGS TO DO IN PARIS   PART I   [1] Go on a Balloon Ride [2] Do an Indoor Parkour / Freerunning Session [3] Sing some Chansons [4] Go Climbing or Bouldering at the World’s Biggest Indoor Climbing Gym [5] Do an Absinthe Tasting Session [6] Go inline skating with thousands of others on public roads with Pari Roller [7] Visit the oldest English bookstore on the Continent [8] Check out Paris’s best hot chocolate [9] Have a bite at a traditional Paris Bouillon [10] Keep your eyes open for the street art everywhere in town [11] Explore the street art at a formerly illegal artist squat [12] Into stuffed rats? (And who isn’t.) Look no further. [13] Enjoy a stroll […]

Paris is quite possibly Ellie’s and my favourite big city in the world. It will never be as mad and exciting as Tokyo, never as exotic as Cairo or Kathmandu, never as relaxing as Sydney. Paris will never have a skyline like New York City or Hong Kong, never feel home like London does to us, or make us think that we time-travelled back two thousand years, like Rome. Paris is just so different from all other big cities we know. (Vienna might come closest.) We love all the wide boulevards and the elegant buildings lining them. Culturally, Paris has so much to offer, and of course the food is among the best in the world. WHY I WROTE THIS BLOG POST We usually visit at least once per year. I used to visit for work every now and then. In short, we’ve done most of the major tourist sights […]